Fontana, Prof. Dr. David (GB)

Book: Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research – The Scole Report

The Scole Report - Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research, Autoren: Montague Keen, Arthur Ellison, David Fontana, Herausgeber: Society for Psychical Research 1999, ISBN 0900677066

The Scole Report – Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research, Autoren: Montague Keen, Arthur Ellison, David Fontana, Herausgeber: Society for Psychical Research 1999, ISBN 0900677066

Chapter: The Los Angeles Sitting
Page 356: “It was clear from viewing the table tabs that on more than one occasion the table was moving. First it took the form of a wobble; then it shifted about one metre to MK´s right before returning to its position in the centre of the room, to the accompaniment of astonished comments and gasps from the sitters. The table then rose three quarters of a metre in the air.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hasted, Prof. John (GB)

Book: The Metal-Benders

The Metal-Benders (Die Metall-Bieger), Autor: Prof. John Hasted, Verlag: Routledge & Kegan Paul London, 1981, ISBN 0-7100-0597-0

The Metal-Benders (Die Metall-Bieger), Autor: Prof. John Hasted, Verlag: Routledge & Kegan Paul London, 1981, ISBN 0-7100-0597-0

Chapter: An introduction to metal-bending: involvement of the author

Page 18: “A sudden event observed in an early session of Uri Geller in my laboratory was the bending without touch of a disc-shaped single crystal of molybdenum of about 1 cm diameter. This had been provided by Dr. Anthony Lee of the Cavendis Laboratory, and I personally kept it secure in a plastic box in my pocket before its exposure to Gellers´s “action”. Physicists David Bohm, Ted Bastin, Jack Sarfatt and also Brendan O´Regan were present as witnesses. Geller asked for small metal objects to be placed for him on a large metal plate, so we placed on the table a machine-shop working plate. I took the crystal from its box and put it absolutely flat on the plate. Sarfatt extended his hand a few inches above the crystal and the other objects on the plate. Geller moved his hand above Sarfatt´s, until a tingling sensation was reported by the latter. Geller tried to “concentrate his actions”, and it was suddenly seen by the observers that the crystal had changed its shape, and was now slightly bent, through an angle of about 20°. I could not swear that the bending was not accompanied by a tiny metallic sound. But I was absolutely certain that neither Geller nor anyone else had touched the crystal since I placed it on the metal plate; nor did he drop anything on the metal plate. I replaced the crystal in its box, which I returned to my pocket; a physical examination of the crystal would be necessary. I eventually found that a physical property (the magnetic susceptibility) of the crystal was anomalous, but I have not previously published this fact.”

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